Hollow point slug?
Jerry,
Random question for you: have you experimented with casting a hollow point 6 or 7 ring slug? I tried drilling out the flat end of one of your 7 ringers, but since I had to hold the slug with pliers, I deformed the rings and it didn’t insert well. My job was a piece of crap, but I’m wondering if a well made 7 ringer hollow point would work. The cup could be real long and the slug might open up like a flower. Then again, it might be highly inaccurate. So, have you experimented?
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i think you could try to cast a few and charge with the apropriate sum of money … but i cant see the point of hp on these monsters… they already are devasting… and you could use hp on theese if you wanna shoot cows or smth… although i’m pretty sure that the cow will die anyways :))
Why yes, I have experimented with HP slugs. I just tried to find an old post about that but I can’t find it. I’m not even sure what forum I put it on…
My experiment was done by using a drill press and a “V block.” I cut a v into a block of wood and clamped it to the drill table so that it would hold a slug centered under the bit. I used my thumb to keep the slug in place and also to allow it to rotate a bit which compensated for not being perfectly centered. This was a complete PIA! I used a couple bits to make a stepped cavity.
I shot the slugs from a Sumatra carbine and at 43 yards they performed very well. I didn’t have enough to say the accuracy was unaffected (and the gun is so-so) but the ones I had grouped at about an inch or under IIRC.
I shot an apple or an orange and a phone book and the slugs did open.
Sadly, casting .25 HPs is a pain. HPs have a far greater reject rate and they are slower to cast to begin with. Smaller slugs are tough enough to cast well, we’d have to charge a furtune for HPs to just break even on the mold cost…
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I found my old post! Scroll down and you’ll find the HP post…
http://talonairgun.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3196&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=hollowpoint&start=60